PHOCEEDIMGS OF TliE THIKD LNTOMOLOGICAL MEETING ^5 



[Chatodacus hageni ? 

 At Matale, in Ceylon, I have reared from larvae in CilruUus fruits Mr. Senior While, 

 a fly which I believe to be C. hageni.] 



Mellesis eumenoides, Bezzi (1916). 



Bull. Ent. lies. VII, 119 (Oct. 1916). 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 307 (1917). 

 This species is so far only kno^\^l from Burma, where it has been reared 

 at Tatkon from larvce in TricJiosanthes cucumerina fruits and at ;Myitkyina 

 irom larvae in cucumber. 



Mj/ ioparda lis ca rpa I in a . 

 Cleghorn, Agl. Jour. Ind. IX, 124-140, t. 13-15 (April 1914). 

 Pioc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 306. 

 This fruitfly is well-kno\vn in Baluchistan as attacking melons and a 

 long account of it was given by the late Mr. .J. Cleghorn in the Agricul- 

 tural Journal of India. So far as we know it has never been reported 

 from the Plains of India, but in August 1915 we reared it at Pusa in some 

 numbers fromlaivee found in fruits of Cucumis trigonus. 



Carpomyia vesuviana. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 11, 254 (1917). 

 This species has been reared from her {Zizyflius jujuba) fmit at 

 ■Coimbatore, Hadagalli (Bellary District), Pusa, Poona and Baroda. 



At Poona last year it was very bad on ber. The pest was so bad that Mr. Ramrao. 

 no fruit could be had during the monsoon. 



It is parasitized extensively at Pusa by Biostercs carpcmijice, Silv., Mr. Fletcher. 

 and Bracon fletcheri, Silv. If these do not occur at Poona you might 

 perhaps try mtroducing them there. 



Sticiaspis ceratitina, Bezzi. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 204 (1917). 

 This species is common at Pusa, the larva boring into bamboo shoots 

 during the rains. It seems probable that it does a great deal more 

 damage to young shoots than is generally realized. 



Sticiaspis striata, Frogg. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 204 (1917). 

 This species has sim.ilarly been bred at Peradeniya from larv« 

 attacking shoots of giant bamboo {Dendrocalamus stridus) but has not 

 been found in India so far as I know. 



